fíll
Old Norse
noun
Definitions
- elephant (Elephantidae)
Etymology
Derived from Arabic فِيل (elephant) derived from Persian پیل.
Origin
Persian
پیل
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- elephantus Latin
- alfil Spanish, Castilian
- bein Old Norse
- fílsbein Old Norse
- elefant Danish
- elefantvæddeløb Danish
- filsben Danish
- فِيل Arabic
- afríkufíll Icelandic
- fíll Icelandic
- fílsbein Icelandic
- loðfíll Icelandic
- alfil Galician
- فیل Persian
- پیل Persian
- fílur Faroese
- піл Kazakh
- fil Azerbaijani
- فیل Ottoman Turkish
- پیل Ottoman Turkish
- fil Maltese
- pyl Middle Persian
- ֆիլ Middle Armenian
- 𒄠𒋛 Akkadian
- fils been Old Danish
- پیل Pashto, Pushto
- пил Ossetian, Ossetic
- пыл Ossetian, Ossetic